page_title: Licton Springs, Seattle
section_title: Licton Springs
hierarchical_section_title: Licton Springs, Seattle / Licton Springs
caption_attribution_description: English: Licton Springs in the eponymous park and neighborhood in North Seattle, Washington
context_page_description: Licton Springs or North College Park is a neighborhood in the informal Northgate district of North Seattle. It is bounded by Interstate 5 to the east, beyond which is Maple Leaf neighborhood and the Northgate Mall; Aurora Avenue N to the west, beyond which is Greenwood; N 85th Street to the south, beyond which is Green Lake, and N Northgate Way to the north, beyond which is Haller Lake.
context_section_description: Licton Springs is both a residential neighborhood and a natural spring at the north end of Licton Springs Park, which has a long history as both a unique recreational spot and a commercial crossroads. The neighborhood, wedged between the busy corridors of Interstate 5 and Aurora Avenue, takes its name from líq’tәd (LEEK-teed) or Licton, the Lushootseed (Whulshootseed) Coast Salish word for the reddish mud of the springs—. The Dkhʷ’Duw’Absh, People of the Inside and Xacuabš, People of the Large Lake, Lushootseed (Skagit-Nisqually) Coast Salish native people had used the springs area as a spiritual health spa since the area was populated after the last glacial period (c. 8,000 BCE—10,000 years ago). In the 1850s, the Dkhʷ’Duw’Absh and Xacuabš became the Duwamish tribe of today.
  In October 2019, the spring and the park that surrounds it were designated a city landmark, the first Native cultural site to be so designated.
caption: Licton Springs, the natural iron spring
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